Silver and (9999) gold!

[CZconnoisseur]

Posted details of today's hunt in the Deus forum...

I believe the 9999 stamp indicates 99.99% pure 24K gold - but why would this be used for jewelry?

Indicated a 76-77 on my detector which is dime/silver dime range...any ideas?

 

[Goldstrike]

Looks like the real deal there! Those are old marks and I don't know what the '20' stamp is. Because anyone can buy steel stamps nowaday's Ebay etc; it's always best if you are in any doubt, to do an acid test. I'm sure you'll end up selling it for scrap so take a fine file and do an acid test in the notch made by the file and you'll see what fineness or kt you have. If you don't have the acid kit, take it to a jeweller who will test it for free. A very nice chunk of gold

 

[TN Mike]

Excellent find!

 

[Grubstake]

In India and China, they only buy 999.9 jewlery. Anything else is by there standards, Junk. Grubstake

 

[rarysgaard]

I have found about 5 pieces of 24kt gold. It's Asian as it is too soft for jewelry made in U.S. mine was stamped the same. read 62, 73, 82 & even 86 for the different pieces on my deus. In some cultures the 24kt is for purity & every family member has a piece of jewelry made from it. Hope this helps..

 

[CZconnoisseur]

Thank you for the replies - now that I know gold can register this high on the scale I will definitely remember this day!

 

[BH_Landstar_]

Nice find.

Pure gold (999 / 24K), the bigger it is, the higher it will read on any metal detector.

Found this back in 2011, came in the high numbers on my X-Terra 705, thought I was digging up a silver half at the time.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent !

 

[mudpuppy]

Congratulations on an amazing find there, CZ!

Grubstake is speaking the truth...I remember when BH Landstar found that ring of his and always remembered it...

Thats quite a wonderful all around hunt by the way, you should enjoy the memory of for a long time!
Mud

 

[PSS1963]

In India and China, they only buy 999.9 jewlery. Anything else is by there standards, Junk. Grubstake

I was told something similar by an Indian guy I work with. They look down their nose at it if it isn't 24kt - no regard for how it wears! Just a cultural thing, I guess.

Does suggest an opportunity for the water guys . . . find out where they go to the beach and focus on those areas!

-pete

 

[dirtdevil]

Very nice find
What type of area were you hunting?

 

[CZconnoisseur]

The ring was about a car-width away from the driveway. On level ground it always pays to hunt parallel to driveways about 6-8ft from the edge of the concrete/asphalt/ etc since pulling out keys to get into a car will cause coin spills, and to a lesser extent opening the car doors getting out sometimes stuff rolls out of cars - house was built around 1905 so it's hard to say how long the ring had sat there before yesterday.

 

[kaolinwasher]

I think the Indains are right this 14 k stuff is adulterated does not have good color , Just look at what those indians wear and its the most beautiful color , I may as well wear a brass ring fuzz the 10k and 14 k looks like brass.

 

[mudpuppy]

I wonder if that '20' stamp signifies size? Like 20mm internal diameter?
Mud

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Payday...... nice score...

 

[PSS1963]

I think the Indains are right this 14 k stuff is adulterated does not have good color , Just look at what those indians wear and its the most beautiful color , I may as well wear a brass ring fuzz the 10k and 14 k looks like brass.

Don't discount the snob factor here. I asked the same guy who told me about the 24kt gold thing, how old his house was, just in case there was a chance of getting a permission for a pre-1960 yard to hunt and he told me "it is very old" so I pressed him on it and asked how old . . . and he said "it is like 10 years old . . . my mother asked why me why I would buy such an old house!". Are you falking kidding me?! 10 years old is an old house?! I live an hour's drive from Ipswich, Mass. where there is an entire street with houses built in the 1600's!! This guy is bat-schidt crazy! I'm sorry but there is just no polite way to put it!

-pete